[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Kettering Borough.

  • Kettering (England). Borough Council. no2009140039.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Kettering Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEATHS FROM CANCER, 1946—53 (Calculated Locally) Eighty-two deaths from Cancer (47 males and 35 females) occurred within the Borough for the year 1953. Sixty-eight (37 males and 31 females) were Kettering residents and 14 (10 males and 4 females) were out of town residents who died in St. Mary’s Hospital, Kettering. The tables below apply to Kettering Residents only. Total Deaths Year from Cancer Cancer Deaths—% of total Deaths Cancer Deaths—Rate per 1,000 Population 1946 7D 16.98 1.99 1947 81 17.68 2.22 1948 87 19.29 2.36 1949 77 19.20 2.07 1950 77 17.42 2.06 1951 72 17.52 1.96 1952 63 16.23 1.72 1953 68 16.66 1.86 * 69 deaths only accounted for locally. Site Sex 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 Total Stomach Males 9 4 15 5 4 6 7 7 57 Females 6 9 4 7 10 9 2 5 52 Lung Males 1 3 6 6 6 6 3 7 38 Females 3 — - 2 3 — 1 — 9 Bronchus Males 1 4 4 4 3 7 5 4 32 Females — 2 — — - 4 1 — 7 Breast Females 7 5 6 9 9 5 5 9 55 Uterus Females — 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 16